Rex Grossman

Former Chicago Bears quarterback Rex Grossman, now in his 10th season, has accepted a new role as a Washington Redskin. A year after starting 13 games for Washington, Grossman has a new job: adviser, interpreter and player-coach to rookies Robert Griffin III and Kirk Cousins, according to the Washington Post. In practices, he run the scout team "directing the opposing offense to help Washington's defense prepare for what it will face the upcoming Sunday. In meetings, he...

Of the 13 quarterbacks selected in the 2003 NFL draft, only three remain active - No. 1 pick Carson Palmer, Packers backup Seneca Wallace and the guy Chicago loved and loathed with equal passion, depending on the week. The guy once booed during Family Night at Soldier Field despite being the only quarterback besides Jim McMahon to lead the Bears to the Super Bowl. The guy who went 21-14 as a starter from 2003 to '08 and won one more playoff game with the Bears - two - than...

If the lights are on Basically, what fans saw in the final exhibition game against Cleveland. Grossman made good reads and good throws and didn't hurt himself. His ability to sell play-action is comparable to Brett Favre's in that department, as his touchdown pass to Desmond Clark showed. And his arm strength is unquestioned, as he proved on a bullet to Airese Currie after a scramble. Grossman is one of those QBs who energizes teammates with his attitude. He always believes the next pass will be a...

Pat White is back in the NFL as a potential backup to a dual-threat quarterback, but it's not with the San Francisco 49ers -- it's in Washington, where he could battle Rex Grossman for a roster spot. White visited the 49ers last week, but San Francisco opted to trade for veteran Colt McCoy. So White traveled cross-country and signed with the Redskins. Washington will take a look at White during offseason workouts, but where he potentially fits within the offense remains a...

One day after stating Rex Grossman hadn't peaked yet, the Bears opened contract negotiations with the quarterback that hardly reflected a player on the way up. The Bears offered Grossman a one-year deal Friday that fell short of the market price for a starting quarterback with Super Bowl experience, according to a source familiar with the talks. Bears general manager Jerry Angelo and Grossman's agent, Eugene Parker, met at a downtown hotel to talk specifics for the first time after...

Former Chicago Bears quarterback Rex Grossman, now in his 10th season, has accepted a new role as a Washington Redskin. A year after starting 13 games for Washington, Grossman has a new job: adviser, interpreter and player-coach to rookies Robert Griffin III and Kirk Cousins, according to the Washington Post. In practices, he run the scout team "directing the opposing offense to help Washington's defense prepare for what it will face the upcoming Sunday. In meetings, he...

Twelve NFL teams will report to training camp next month with No. 1 quarterbacks who have not won as many games as a starter as Rex Grossman. So the question isn't why the Houston Texans signed Grossman to a no-risk, low-cost, one-year contract worth the veteran's minimum of $620,000 to compete for a backup role. The question is why so many other teams -- besides those in the fledgling United Football League -- ignored a quarterback who, loathe him or hate him in Chicago, was 19-12 as a...

With each New Year there arrives the chance to clear the slate and begin anew. I was delighted the Bears did that Monday when they showed Lovie Smith the door. It made for a more celebratory Rockin' Bears New Year's Eve than the Fog Bowl victory over the Eagles did in 1988's final hours. Smith earned what he received. He also knew - as every professional coach does - that termination day is inevitable in his line of work. It's a big boys rule business and those who ascend to the top as Smith...

A one-year deal for a starting quarterback in the NFL doesn't say I love you. A one-year deal says we're dating, but we're not committed. It says it's almost closing time, and neither one of us wants to go home alone. More than anything, the Bears agreeing with Rex Grossman on a one-year, stopgap contract Saturday said the team might consider itself closer to rebuilding than either general manager Jerry Angelo or coach Lovie Smith wanted to admit at the NFL scouting combine in...

At one point or another, the Bears decided they preferred Rex Grossman, Chad Hutchinson, Brian Griese, Jay Cutler and Jason Campbell over Kyle Orton. Since drafting Orton in the fourth round in 2005, the Bears have had a history of trying to get a better quarterback. They were forced to start him in his rookie year after Grossman was injured and Hutchinson struggled. He won 10 games, but the next season he was demoted to third string as Grossman was healthy again and the Bears...

Go ahead and boo Rex Grossman all you want Thursday night at Soldier Field, Bears fans. Get it out of your system. Get your money's worth. You paid top dollar for those tickets to the season's first exhibition against the Kansas City Chiefs, so that buys you at least three hours of booing to your heart's content, right? Nobody disputes that or denies a game ticket is a contract permitting fans' free expression. But when it comes to the anticipated fan treatment of Grossman that has...

ASHBURN, Va. - The Rex Grossman who comes to Soldier FieldSaturday will be a very different Rex Grossman from the one who played his last game as a Bear four years ago. This Rex Grossman, at the age of 31 and with nine NFL seasons behind him, is a veteran mentor for Robert Griffin III, the second pick of the draft. “I know the situation, so I'm willing and excited to teach and help,” Grossman said of backing up Griffin for the Redskins. Last year Grossman started 13 games...

Having concluded that Thursday was the day to be an Illinois state trooper along northbound Interstate Highway 57 in Kankakee County trying to meet a quota for traffic tickets, here are 10 other things I know as the Bears break training camp. 1. I know Rex Grossman probably has more to gain from Saturday night's exhibition game in Seattle than Kyle Orton. Grossman will start, and if he gets hot against a team he has excelled against the last two years, he could get a nudge. On...

The Sports Xchange By Len Pasquarelli, The Sports Xchange Pasquarelli: Redskins pull curious move with Cousins Just for the record, Kirk Cousins actually won more games in college than Robert Griffin III (27-23), and in one fewer start (39-40), and so the notion that the Washington Redskins would actually select the former Michigan State standout in the fourth round on Saturday is not altogether ludicrous. Then again, Cousins, chosen with the 102nd...

After Rex Grossman ended Sunday's practice by launching a Hail Mary pass that was caught by Devin Hester, one figured it had to be Grossman's day. It was. The Bears quarterback shook off a lackluster performance Friday night at Soldier Field by connecting on just about everything Sunday. He ran the Bears' first-team offense and completed his first six passes in seven-on-seven drills, including a dart across the middle that tight end Greg Olsen palmed with one hand. When the...

By Steve Ginsburg NEW YORK, April 27 (Reuters) - Washington Redskins coach Mike Shanahan is convinced his title-hungry club has found its franchise quarterback in Robert Griffin III but admits an instant return to the glory years is not on the horizon. Griffin was the second player chosen in Thursday's NFL Draft, the Redskins' first top-flight signal-caller since Joe Theismann stood under center in the mid-1980s. "We have a lot of belief that he is...

Saying he had no excuses didn't mean Rex Grossman had no regrets. Off the top of his head, Grossman said he could think of "three or four plays I'd like to have back" from Sunday's 21-14 loss to the Titans, which he started in place of the injured Kyle Orton. The one most likely to give Grossman a restless night came in the middle of the third quarter with the Bears trailing 14-7 on first down from their own 33. Grossman spotted Devin Hester sprinting a step past Tennessee...

The Bears are not in the market for a starting quarterback this year, so Peyton Manning need not apply. They weren't in the market for Kurt Warner as a starting quarterback eight years ago, either. The Bears had Rex Grossman as their first-round draft pick from 2003 and Warner would be welcome to join the team, as a backup. Warner declined and went on to the Cardinals. "The Bears had invested and made the decision that Grossman was their guy. So it's...

Strike three crossed home plate and 12-year-old Rex Grossman just watched it, never moving the bat off a shoulder already slumping from expectations. The star of the Little League team had just let down his friends, himself, his dad and--in his mind--probably half of Bloomington, Ind., when he went down looking to lose the game. Grossman saw only one way to deal with the mixture of rage and shame that suddenly overcame him. "It made me so mad that all I wanted to do was go hit some balls out of...

When Kyle Orton plays quarterback Sunday at Soldier Field — the only way this game becomes a Chief concern for the Bears — he figures to be pressured, pounded and probably booed no matter what he does. Some things never change. During his four seasons as a Bear, we focused so much on what Orton wasn't that we often overlooked what he was in going 21-12 as a starter. I was as guilty as anybody routinely describing Orton as steady but hardly spectacular. It became rote to say Orton was...